degree mill

American  

noun

1. diploma mill.

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Example Sentences

"TCS' Los Angeles Campus was in fact 'a degree mill,' a dubious provider of educational offerings or operations whose degrees and certificates may not even be acknowledged by other institutions when the student seeks to transfer," the students' lawsuit states.

From Chicago Tribune

Schmidt and about 25 classmates are suing the school in California state court, claiming the institution traded on the Chicago campus' stellar reputation to establish a "degree mill" in Los Angeles.

From Chicago Tribune

An online forum offers a decidedly mixed picture, with one review calling it “a great experience,” while another claims, “It is not quite a degree mill, but they give out 4.0's for merely completing the work.”

From Slate

The Analysis appeared in 1829, and, whatever its defects of incompleteness and one-sidedness from a philosophical point of view, shows in the highest degree Mill's powers of close, vigorous statement; and lays down with singular clearness the psychological doctrine, which from his point of view supplied the fundamental theorems of knowledge in general.

From Project Gutenberg